Blog by Tag: 2025-2026

This week in 8A we continued to learn about Superflex with Miss Della Fera.

We had a recap on last weeks work where everybody had remembered the parts of the brain we had discussed previously, including the brain stem, thinking brain, emotional brain and ways we could help to stop us from…

As part of our Once Upon a Time topic, this week we have been exploring the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

We have enjoyed a sensory story, Attention Autism, a bear hunt, made bear pancakes and tried Goldilocks Yoga!

All learners have worked incredibly hard this week!

Have a lovely…

This week has been another busy week in 9A. 
On Monday we did P.E outside - playing Netball. We worked in pairs to practice passing to each other. We tried chess passes and over head throws. We then moved on to a really tricky pass - a moving pass. At the end of our lesson we got really…

What a fantastic week first 2 Weeks in 7A. Everyone has settled in so well, we are really proud of our learners. We have been exploring our new classroom and our different areas in 7A. 

Some of the different areas are,

Reading Area,

Chill Zone,

Games area,

Zones of…

Again this week started with Picture News. The topic this week was around the reduction in age of voting in England. We talked about what it means to vote and why we do it. We also talked about whether we felt ready to vote next year and what we need to think about to make an informed decision. At…

Week 2 in Beech class has been all about ourselves! We have been so busy exploring our faces with mirrors, sensory materials and have engaged in lots of sensory regulation. 

We started the week by exploring dolls. We sang Miss Polly had a dolly and became doctors to help the baby feel…

Chestnut class have had an amazing second week back! We have been using our fine motor skills to make play dough jelly fish, chopped different fruits to create fruit kebabs and made our own rainbow paintings with sponges. 

Well done Chestnut Class! 
 

What a fantastic first week in 8P!

Everyone has settled in brilliantly and we are so proud of all of the learners for settling back in so well and adapting to new routines and new teachers.

This half term out topic is all about the weather. We have been on walks around school taking pictures…

Welcome to 11P! It's the start of our last year at Astley Park and we've already been busy, busy, busy!

On Tuesday we were settling into our new classroom and we had lots of things to sort out. We all helped move the furniture around and then we sat and had a chat about what everyone had done…

Today in Chestnut class, we read the story of Cinderella. We took it in turns to act out the story, sweeping with the broom stick, counting the mice and rats, waving the magic wand to change Cinderellas dress, trying on the glass slipper and listening to the click strike midnight. Well done…

Wow, what an amazing first week back we have had! We join you in being so very proud of each and everyone of our learners as they have all done incredibly well settling back into school, our new classroom and routines.

This week has seen a return to social dining, in our newly…

This week started with Picture News, where we saw images and videos of a church in Sweden being moved 5km down the road on wheels! We discussed why they had chosen to move it, rather than just knock it down and rebuild, which got us thinking about whether we would like to 'move our house' when we…